Rhetorical Analysis Trivia

What is rhetoric?

• The study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion

• The ability to think rationally.

• The analysis of a given situation.

• The process of sending and receiving messages through verbal or non-verbal means

What does rhetorical analysis help us understand?

• How the language of a text works--including persuasive texts.

• Solely the author's purpose

• How images in a text are used.

• How tone and thesis work together.

What are 4 things that need to be considered when conducting rhetorical analysis?

• Context, Audience, Images, and Vocabulary

• Setting, Speaker, call to action, and Images

• Context, Speaker, Purpose, and Audience.

• Speaker, Purpose, Context, and Vocabulary

Where can we use rhetorical analysis?

• In any form of media (film, TV, Books, articles, social media etc.)

• In articles and informational texts only

• In political media/texts

• In commercials only

What is ethos?

• The appeal to authority

• The appeal to emotions

• The logical appeal

• None of the above

What is pathos?

• The appeal to logic

• The appeal to emotions

• The appeal to authority

• None of the above

What is logos?

• The appeal to authority

• The appeal to emotions

• The appeals to logic or reason

• None of the above

What is tone?

• None of the above

• The writer's or speaker's educational background

• The writer's or speaker's attitude towards a subject, character, or audience

• The writer's or speaker's investment in the message

What is the purpose of SOAPSTONE?

• To serve as guide/method for analyzing a text and do rhetorical analysis

• To imagine actual stones made of soap.

• It is just used to analyze fictional texts.

• To serve a way to analyze a situation and do rhetorical analysis.

In preparing for their group presentation on rhetorical analysis, Michael and Sophia are discussing the SOAPSTONE strategy to better understand the author's craft in the chosen article. They need to correctly identify (a)   and how they affect the author's (b)   to effectively apply this strategy in their analysis.

• Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Claim, Evidence

• Choices, Appeals, and Theme

• Setting, Purpose, Audience, Context, Examples

• Choices, Argument, Tension

• Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence,
• Choices, Appeals, and Tone